Workshop on Sustainable, Competitive and Intelligent Cities Jointly Organized by MIT and the World Bank June 21-22,

2011 MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Media Lab Monday, June 20 6:30 PM Welcome Reception Stella Room, MIT School of Architecture and Planning Tuesday, June 21 Moderator: Michael Joroff, Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Architecture and Planning 8:30 9:00 9:00 9:30 Coffee Welcome Introduction to the Workshop and Participants, Michael Joroff    9:30 10:15 Amy Glasmeier, Professor of Geography and Regional Planning, Head, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Christine Kessides, Urban Practice Manager, World Bank Institute Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager, Finance, Economics and Urban Development Division, World Bank

Context and Key Issues1  Dennis Frenchman, Leventhal Professor of Urban Design and Planning, MIT. What challenges will cities face as they seek to exploit the opportunities presented by digital technology to achieve more sustainable, productive development? These challenges address the form and function of cities, the processes used for their planning and operation, and new organizations required for city-making. How these challenges affect city competitiveness will be a particular focus for the workshop. Stanley Nollen, Professor International Business, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. What makes a city economically competitive? What policies can city leaders implement to improve city competitiveness? How do firms make decisions to locate operations abroad, with evidence about the investment drivers from recent experience? What constitutes a favorable business climate? How can the topics to be discussed during the workshop help cities to achieve competitiveness?

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Papers commissioned by the World Bank Institute under Cities as Engines of Sustainable Economic Growth will set a context for the workshop, including Improving City Competitiveness: City Management and the Business Climate by Stanley Nollen, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University; Smart Cities as Engines of Sustainable Growth by Dennis Frenchman, Leventhal Professor of Urban Design and Planning, MIT and Michael Joroff. A third paper by Professor Edward Glaeser, "Better Cities for an Urban Planet: Improving Metropolitan Use in the Developing World, will be distributed; however, the author will not able to join the workshop.

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10:30 12:00 21st Century City Form, Operations and Planning Challenges Facilitated group discussion This session will draw on the collective experience of the participants to frame an approach for the development of a sustainable and intelligent city. A large-scale development project in Seoul will be used as a heuristic tool to identify the conditions for a growth-enhancing environment based on the productive use of resources, technological advances, and innovation. Seoul is an ideal candidate for discussion because it has morphed from being an industrial city to becoming a city that is sustaining high growth rates through innovation in high tech manufacturing, business services and the creative industry. The session will explore how new technologies and innovation shape the form and functioning of actual development projects and contribute to economic development, providing new business opportunities for the private sector, and in the process creating a more livable and sustainable urban environment. 12:00 1:30 1:30 3:00 Lunch and tour of the MIT Media Laboratory Continuation of Challenges Discussion Facilitated group discussion How can new technologies reshape urbanization and regeneration around the world? How do the examples discussed align with or differ from the frameworks developed during the mornings discussion? 3:00 3:15 3:15 5:00 Break New Organizational Arrangements and Processes Facilitated group discussion Transformative action requires new alignments of public, private and institutional stakeholders to create a still unfolding future cities and large-scale developments within them. This session will explore the different organizational arrangements emerging around the world, including alliances and new corporate arrangements. Particular focus will be given to global information and technology companies that are emerging as key players in city-making and the role that they now play and how this may emerge in the future. 6:30 8:30 Working Dinner Panel followed by facilitated discussion Participants reflect about how the deployment of digital technology and resource management enables a more productive, competitive city. For example, how can the application of green urban forms and digitally technology contribute to economic growth?

Wednesday, June 22 8:30 9:00 9:00 10:00 Coffee Reprise of Discussion Michael Joroff and participants What does it mean to plan sustainable, competitive and intelligent cities in the 21st century? How can the case study and complementary city examples demonstrate how different drivers improve growth prospects of other major cities? How, and what is the relevant experience to date? Under this new paradigm, how is convergent development propelled and success measured? 10:00 12:00 Application to Other Cities: A Diagnostic Approach Facilitated group discussion This session will examine how other cities can take advantage of new forms of planning and development tested in cities such as Seoul within their economic, political and capability context. What are the policy entry points and intermediate stages for cities coming from varying levels of economic development, political structure, industrial base, and human capital? Danang City, Vietnam, will be used as a heuristic tool in this session. It has been selected because it is one of the most economically dynamic middle-sized cities in Vietnam today, and as such, would provide a good case for testing some of the propositions arising from the previous sessions. Representatives from the Ministry of Construction Urban Development Agency and Academy for the Management of Cities will participate in this session. 12:00 1:30 1:30 2:30 Lunch Next Steps Facilitated group discussion This session will explore how the insights from the workshop can inform the World Bank Urbanization Knowledge Platform and be utilized by the World Bank Institute to build capacity at the local level through its various learning products. 2:30 3:00 3:00 Closing Comments Participants, MIT and the World Bank Adjourn Optional tour of MIT campus and group dinner for those who remain in Cambridge